He didn’t want me to even treat his wounds to begin with. But… I don’t know. I feel something deeper at work. Something’s got him awful preocc...pied.” “I’m sure he has much to worry about,” Tomas nodded. “Undoubtedly,” Silmaria agreed. She yawned, then arched her back and reached over her head in a cat-like stretch. Tomas eyed her for a moment, then gave a wry smirk. “Well, I think I’ll be fine here. I’m sure old Lirena will be back in a few hours. You’ve seen to me, so there’s no worry, I won’t. We each only have a single wish to give… What’s going to happen when I give mine? Am I still a wishing frog?’ It sounded as though those questions were the kind to direct to oneself rather than the kind that received answers. Still, Phyre thought about them and, for a moment, felt a sort of worry that her taking her wish might do something bad to Drop. Would he turn into a regular frog? ‘I’m sure it’ll be okay,’ she said to reassure herself as much as him. Drop ribbeted and bobbed his head.. He landed hard, lay winded for a moment, then swung off the roof and down to the ground."Goddamn it, let go of me!" Bob Kendall was shouting, trying to shake his daughters loose. "I told that skinny little son-of- a-bitch what I'd do to him! Told him not to go swingin' that cock of his around my little girls!"The girls broke free. Bob yanked out his gun, but Nick was gone."Damn it!" he said. "I'll teach him! Family or not--" Oh, what's the big deal, anyway, Daddy?" Betsy asked in a chirpy. .. it’s his home too and tends to subtly react to his moods, even flowing backwards when necessary. When you leave, tomorrow, you’ll all be right on time at the crack of dawn, on the morning after entering the temple... precisely on schedule, so that’s a good start!”“When we leave,” Dottie said, with some bewilderment, “but not you? You can’t ever leave here again? How can we hope to do this all without you?”“You, we, all of us ... will just keep buggering on!” She sadly stated. “Yes ... and.